Siding contract template — sheathing allowance and weather exposure
Siding contracts have to price what is behind the old cladding before anyone can see it, and say who protects the house while the wall is open.
This is a checklist of what a siding contract has to settle — not a ready-to-sign legal document, and not legal advice. Most states regulate home improvement contracts: required disclosures, cancellation windows, deposit limits and licence display all vary, and some trades carry extra rules. Adapt this, then have a lawyer in your state review it before you put it in front of a customer.
Download as a spreadsheet to work through, or print it to sit alongside your own agreement.
What a siding contract has to settle
A siding contract turns on sheathing: rot is invisible until tear-off and it is the standard overage, so the contract needs a per-sheet rate and a photographic requirement rather than a mid-job negotiation. The other clause that matters is exposure — the house is open during tear-off, and the contract should say how much wall is opened at a time and what weather protection applies overnight. House wrap and window flashing belong in the scope by name, because they are invisible when finished and the first thing dropped to win a price.
Clauses it needs
- Parties, licence number, and the elevations in scope
- Squares of siding, by product, profile and colour
- Sheathing replacement allowance, per-sheet rate, and photographs required
- House wrap and window flashing named explicitly in the scope
- How much wall may be opened at once, and overnight weather protection
- Trim, corners, J-channel and soffit, itemised
- Scaffolding for second-storey elevations
- Colour and profile matching where only part of the house is being done
- Tear-off disposal and nail sweep
- Workmanship warranty, separate from the material manufacturer's
What siding contracts actually get argued over
- Sheathing sheets billed with no photographs from tear-off
- Rain entering a wall left open overnight with no protection clause
- Flashing folded into the siding line, so its omission is invisible
- Colour match on a single elevation judged only after installation
The estimate this contract is built on
A contract can only be as clear as the scope it references. BidWand drafts the itemised estimate — labour, materials, exclusions and assumptions — that the scope and exclusions clauses point at.
Draft the siding estimate this contract references
This generates the estimate, not the contract — describe the job and you get the itemised scope to attach. No email needed to see the first one.
What you get — see the format first
A complete estimate you can send to the customer, built from the rate you enter:
| Description | Qty | Unit | Unit price | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor — itemized by task | hrs | hour | your rate | — |
| Materials — with your markup applied | qty | ea / sq ft | cost + markup | — |
| Permits, disposal, access | — | — | — | — |
Plus a plain-English scope summary, assumptions (what had to be guessed), exclusions (what you are not doing — the section that prevents most change-order arguments), and a validity period. Printable, or send the link.
Every figure comes from the rate and markup you supply. We never fill in a market price for you.
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